Article: Police: Man plotted to kill wife, cut off her hand

A man is accused of trying to hire someone to kill his wife and cut off her hand with a samurai sword to get her $27,000 diamond wedding ring.

Police say the hit man was an undercover officer. Rockefeller Auguste was arrested Thursday at his Manhattan office on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police say the 35-year-old Auguste, ...

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